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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 837

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Relating to: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies. (FE)

Data processing — Privacy issues Police Public record

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a government official or agency may charge a fee to a

requester of public records for the actual, necessary, and direct cost incurred to

locate, if the cost exceeds $50, copy, and mail public records in response to the

request.

This bill authorizes law enforcement and corrections agencies to charge a

requester a fee for the actual, necessary, and direct cost of redacting, whether by

pixelization or other means, recorded video content disclosed in response to a public

records request to the extent redaction is necessary to comply with applicable

constitutional, statutory, or common law.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Magnafici (R) , Melotik (R) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Penterman (R) , Rettinger (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wittke (R)

6 cosponsors

Feyen (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Michalski (R) , Plumer (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 1

Passed 12–1 Feb 13, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 1

Passed 12–1 Feb 13, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 1

Passed 12–1 Feb 13, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Behnke, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Edming, Goeben, Krug, Kurtz, Magnafici, Melotik, Novak, Ohnstad, Penterman, Rettinger, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators James, Feyen and Wanggaard

  2. Dec 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight

  3. Jan 2, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 9, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spiros

  5. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Michalski added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Government Accountability and Oversight and referred to committee on State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  8. Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Plumer added as a coauthor

  9. Jan 31, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  10. Feb 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Spiros

  11. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 1

  13. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 1

  14. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 12, Noes 1

  15. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  16. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules

  17. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  18. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1